bouquet

I'm not a huge flower person. I think they're pretty, but I don't know anything about them. The flowers for our wedding were important to me because I wanted them to look good but I wasn't very picky. I trusted our florists and hoped for the best {they were wonderful!!}.

I absolutely loved my bouquet. It was perfect. I went back and forth between wanting an all white one and wanting one with a little color. I decided on one with a little color and I'm so happy I did. The peach English Roses {my absolute new favorite!} looked so great with my dress and in pictures...I'm not bias or anything! Needless to say, they might be my go to flowers in the future if I ever buy flowers.

But how can something this pretty turn into this???

I wish I could have saved my pretty bouquet forever, but I'm glad I have such great pictures to remind me!

so excited!

We got the CDs with all our wedding pictures the other day and I finally got them all put on my computer this afternoon. I've been spending way too much time looking at them and wishing I could go back and do it all over ten times!

never forget

10 years ago I was a Sophomore in high school sitting in the gym conference room taking ISTEP tests. After the test was over I walked back into school to finish up my day of classes. As I walked through the gym, the bleachers were pulled out like we were going to have an assembly. Did I miss the fact that we were going to have an assembly or mass that afternoon?!? I remember seeing everyone watching the TVs in the cafeteria as I walked by and I was really confused. I thought maybe it was normal for them to watch at this time of day since I was normally in a different class. Then I walked to the library and everyone in there was glued to TVs as well. Everyone else in the school already heard about the events of the morning and had been watching for quite awhile. The conference room didn't have the PA system hooked up, so we had no idea what was going on.

I'll never forget that day. We didn't have any classes. We watched the news all day and then had an assembly later in the afternoon. A prayer service. There were only a few times in my four years of high school that I was in the gym with hundreds of other 15-18 year old kids and you could hear a pin drop.

The kids I teach weren't even born when 9/11 happened. It makes me sad because they don't know how the events of that day unfolded or how many heros we watched that day. However, it makes me happy that they didn't have to experience that horrible day.

I will never forget that day and all the people that lost their lives.

My thoughts and prayers are with all the families of the victims.